Collaborative Fund

I heard a phrase recently: “Magazine architect.”.

The speaker visited a company in Northern California a few months ago.

Craig is the founder and managing partner of Collaborative Fund, an investment firm managing over $1 billion in assets. Founded in 2010, Collaborative Fund invests in companies that blend profit with purpose.

Collaborative Fund is a leading source of capital for entrepreneurs pushing the world forward.

Parallel Systems raises a $100 million Series C to scale its autonomous, battery-powered Panther freight vehicles and accelerate commercial rollout. Founded in 2020 by former SpaceX rocket-avionics designers, the company says its vehicles can move several tons of freight up to 500 miles, independently or in short platoons, and split up at rail yards without human intervention. The vehicles have operated on 160 miles of track near Savannah while the company verifies safety controls ahead of its first commercial payload.

Oct 2026 · TechCrunchNews article

Collaborative Fund takes a stake in D.C. United and Audi Field, investing through the same early-stage fund it uses for seed and Series A deals. Founder Craig Shapiro frames the franchise as a consumer product and the stadium as a live distribution channel and showcase for portfolio companies, including Whoop and Olipop. The deal also gives the firm exposure to D.C. United’s talent-development pipeline and rights to a future Baltimore expansion team, and awaits MLS approval.

Sep 2026 · TechCrunchNews article

Era raises $11 million to build a software platform that lets hardware makers create AI agents and orchestrations for gadgets. The funding includes a $9 million seed round led by Abstract Ventures and BoxGroup, following $2 million in pre-seed funding from Topology Ventures and Betaworks. Era’s platform offers more than 130 large language models from over 14 providers for devices such as glasses, jewelry, and home speakers.

Apr 2026 · TechCrunchNews article

Whoop closes a $575 million Series G round at a $10.1 billion valuation, nearly triple its previously reported $3.6 billion valuation. Led by Collaborative Fund, the round includes sovereign wealth funds, health institutions, and athlete investors; CEO Will Ahmed says the company exited last year with a $1.1 billion bookings run rate, up 103% year over year, and plans to invest in hiring, marketing, research and development, and international expansion.

Mar 2026 · TechCrunchNews article